"Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it’s a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed."
― Neil Gaiman
Topic(s):
Attitude
More From Neil Gaiman
- "So the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is out there preserving and fighting for, and sometimes winning and sometimes losing, the fight for First Amendment rights in comics and, more generally, for freedom of speech."
- "In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to trust people, publicists and so forth, implicitly."
- "I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect."
More In Attitude
- "A corporation’s primary goal is to make money. Government’s primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others."― Larry Ellison
- "My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help."― Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- "Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life."― Joel Osteen